 How well-rewarded is inter-firm mobility in the labour market for scientists and engineers? New evidence from the UK and FranceGeoff Mason and
Hiroatsu Nohara
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: As firms have come under increasing competitive pressure to acquire and make effective use of knowledge that has been generated beyond their own boundaries, they are making increasing use of external recruitment of experienced scientists and engineers (SEs) who bring with them skills and knowledge gained in the process of working for other firms. This paper explores the impact of these developments on the returns to inter-firm mobility for individual SEs in the UK and France and finds that average returns to prior experience now match the returns to tenure over a large portion of scientists' and engineers' careers in both countries. The paper discusses some possible reasons for the similarity of labour market outcomes in the two countries, which is rather surprising given the much greater mobility of SEs in the UK compared with France Keywords: professional labour markets; job mobility; wage differentials; marché du travail professionnel; ingénieur; scientifique; mobilité; salaire (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2010, 19 (5), pp.459 - 480. ⟨10.1080/10438590903432897⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00505569 DOI: 10.1080/10438590903432897 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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